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Labor/Employment

Feb. 26, 2015

Ellen Pao's skills disputed in opening statements

Was Ellen Pao discriminated against as a woman while she worked at venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, or was she simply not skilled at her job? Two trial lawyers outlined starkly different portrayals Monday.


By Laura Hautala


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SAN FRANCISCO - Was Ellen Pao discriminated against as a woman while she worked at venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, or was she simply not skilled at her job? Two experienced trial lawyers outlined starkly different portrayals of the plaintiff during opening statements Monday in a high-profile gender discrimination trial.


Pao's claims lay out a picture of a company turnin...

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